Dates For Your Diary - Business Club Events

Mixing Business with Pleasure

Calling all Business Club members, Thursday 24th April marks the start of something new as RCT Business Club invites members to attend a free evening of networking at the Cross Keys Hotel, based in Nantgarw, from 5:30pm until 7:30pm.

This new free regular edition to the RCT Business Club events programme, will take place every 3 months on the third Thursday of that month.

The event aims to give members the opportunity to drop into an informal environment on their way home from a busy day at work and chat with like-minded business professionals and representatives from the Business Club team.

The event is free of charge, and there is even a 10% discount on meals courtesy of Jo Cusak, Landlady at the Cross Keys Hotel, Nantgarw.

So why not drop in for a meal and a pint, or a coke if you’re driving and help your business grow with RCT Business Club.

To book your place at the event, click here and buy online or call/e-mail Claire Curtis on 01443 424109, businessclub@rhondda-cynon-taf.gov.uk

Tools of the trade

Networking events are a great way to make contacts and build relationships in the business world. However they can be daunting if you have never been to one before. RCT Business Club understands both the importance of networking and the apprehension involved in attending networking events, and are holding an exclusive "How to network effectively" event on Wednesday 30th April 2008 at Heritage Park Hotel at 7.45am for 8am.

This event aims to up skill professionals, help to build confidence in a networking environment and includes a special behavioural analysis tool, which will help you to understand what type of person you are, how you interact with people and vice versa.

As always, there will be plenty of time to network your business after the event with a mini speed networking session, where you can put some of your newly learned skills in to practice.

For further information to book your place at the event, click here and buy online or call/e-mail Claire Curtis on 01443 424109, businessclub@rhondda-cynon-taf.gov.uk

Look who's joined the Club

RCT Business Club Welcomes our new members

Introduce a member to the Club and get a free place at one of our breakfast events contact us if you would like to take up this offer.

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LightAge offers the latest in their series of tips and advice

Broadband

When considering Broadband vendors, don’t just consider the price, consider the contention ratio

This is the maximum number of connected users that share your service.

ie) A 1 Mb service with a 50:1 contention ration means that you could be sharing that 1 Mb with up to 49 other businesses/locations in your street or area. For example, you may notice a reduction in broadband speed when all the children in your street come home and log on to the Internet!

A broad band contract small-print will probably say "up to" 1 Mb, 8 Mb etc., There is no guarantee that this speed is available to your address.

If you have broadband and are considering upgrading to a faster speed, you can check the speed to your current location by going to:

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/

For further information, please contact LightAge

Diane Shearn
LightAge Communications Ltd

www.lightagecomms.co.uk Tel: 08704 027 027 Enterprise House, Navigation House, Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taf CF45 4SN

If you would like to submit a tip or advice to benefit other members, please e-mail businessclub@rhondda-cynon-taf.gov.uk

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